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"CHARACTER Is AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDlVIDOAtS; AND THE GLORV OF fftE STATE IS THE COMMON PftOPERTT OF ITS GITIXENS."
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BY WM UAYXE
JOSEPH S. DUNN offers his ser-
viees a untie laker and builder, to ihe citizen or
others, disposed to contract for building or jobbing
Terms liberal- -
FRESH RAISINS.
-,0 Whol, Half and d-tartcr Boxes, just rcc-'J
pnd for sale by W. I'UIOll.
Oct 31, J818.
FOK SALE, A liist rate HOUSE,
Pray, and Harness enquire of
J A. M. CAM P DELL.
Dec. 12, 191G.
LOOK II ERE.-
RouDdshavcs & Axes.
Tlx: Subscriber continues to rn;inu act u re It is
eel .:brattl .Sliivf, ho f.iVor;ibly known t Tur; n
tine ni;iker.s I'.ir the hist three yen . Tiiov can be
bit'l : mv shop, or at the stores ot P. Tit ) lor or 'J'.
S. I.utr. rloh. Turpcrili .e jx repaired at Hie
ilio t st iiotno. .No Shave ure genuine- iinle-p
branded I.. Wood.
L.'-:vrLr: wood.
He. t'J, ISIG. -ti y-G-n.
More CjJoocI things
AT II. ERAMBERT'S,
Four Doors above the Post ()Jiie,
Just received, 1 f'O pound- of fre.h citoh nut can
dy ; barrels northern shell barks; mils ; citron ;
raisins; lt'-.; prone; frc.-h pit kit-? sard incs.
Dec ni'ier t-2, lfc4G.
State of N. Carolina lonl gomery county
In hijuilij rail Icrtn, 1S1G.
Arippa iSt el and wife Caroli -ic, Emi-li'ie Duma.,
J is L vV-itkii nn'l with Kve'iria, .Ylelvna
ton inl l . 1 1 i.t Onto. i s vs. W ill am FJarri-,
I .t v i 1 Pi ri ii i it i:t on and wife Nancy, and Melvirii
daughter of Claih jrn Harris, dce'd , and oth rs ot'
his iii xt of km and personal represent ttivcF, and
J ilin Marri and others, th" next of kin and per-.son.-il
representative of Uamlal 11 a rris, dee'd.
In this ease it a ppn ri og to t lie satisfaction of 1 he
Court tli.it the def.Mid.i nts, Melvi ia, thuiohtcr ot
tJIn'iorn Harris, d. c'd-, and others of bis next of
k'ti and personal representatives, and John Harris
dud l'n r'sl of the next of kin and p rsonal rejre
se'itattve? of Rand il I la rrisj dee.M ,nre not inb.ibi-t.-tnts
)' iIim Statt; : it is thej-ftore onleicd !.y the
Coint.thit (he -aid oon-r sident tb iVridants ap
pear at the next Court of Equity t- be held for the
county ot Mon jjomcry, at the Court llniit in
Troy, on the last. .MiukLiv in February next, and
plend, answer, or di-timr to the plainiifT-1 bill, or it
ill be heard ex parte and taken pro confesiio as
to them.
Witness, James L. Gaines, Clerk and Master
..r ...... i,;,l f".,iirl rf I-'.niltv :it ( )lti-iv ill.- I:ist Mnn-
day in Auirusf. A. IS46, and 70th year of
, i
. inerican I ntu rn nocece.
JAS. L. GAINES, C. M. E.
Jan I, 1817. 41 1-Gr. pr.adv.?3 25.
Mate of North Ca rolir.a Itobcson county.
Court of Pleas and (Quarter Sessions JN'or.
Term, 1S4G.
Wiley A I ford and wife and others, vs. Zach
aiiah Fu'more, A 11 Fnlmore and others.
Petition to account-.
It appearing to the Court that the d fendnnts,
Just fth Fidmore, Watt Wi'kinson ami wile, and
others, (hildreu ot Elizabeth Ibown, dct -eased, are
not i-dialitants of this State, it is ordered bv the
Court that ptiM cation be made tor six wetks in
tin; North Car'i iniati, iioti l' it- ih ?a id dclend
siits to npeur at the next firm of the Court ol
Pleas and Cluarter Sessions to lie In Id for the
count v of Rnbenon, at the Court House in Lnlti-Ix-rt.iii,
oo the fourth Alomi.i in February next,
ami i hi-ii and there plead, answer or demur to said
pi-mimi. otherwise ti' s.ime be taken pio
rni!iMi as to tin -in. and set for healing c. parte.
( From the 'i inotes )
SIX D. HOWELL, Clerk.
Pec '-T, IS4G. 41rt-6t.
State nl Xin tli Carolina Robeson county.
Cou of Picas anil (Quarter Sessions JVoc.
7 V !, 1S4G.
Wi'cv Alt'ord and m i i"e, and i. tliers, vs. 71aeha
riah Fnlmore ami Alexander 11 Fillmore, Ad
ministrators of Andrew Fulmore, dee'd.
lVti'ion to Aet oiint.
IT appearing to tbf satisfaction of the Court that
J'-sepb Folmore, Atlas F.k w n, Watt Wih.inson
:.n.i Ins Mile Frames Wilkinsin, and oth is, i eiis
i Elizabeth I:-own, ! tt iuiants in this case, ure
,i..n--eside!its ol this MMTr ; it is l liei cfi I e ol del d
bv the CimiiI, that pi b ieatjen be made in the
Soith Candinian.il newspaper pi i i td in Fayettc
)ille, for six weeks, lor said del', nda nts to appear
at the next term ol ibis Ci urt, to be In Id lor the
nmitv of Robeson, at the Coiiit H- u-e in I. em-
beit, iii on the lorn h Muiiilu y in February n xt,
iinil pit ad, answer. ei ln:iir to ihi- petition, or
the same will betaken pio cotibeso at.d heard
xparte ns to tin m.
Witness, Shatliaeh Howell' Cleik o( snil Court
ii! eiliee, the foiir'li Alonday of Nevi mber, A I .
I S 10, and of A mei lea n i udependeoee the 70ih vea r.
.s fc) I. Hi WELL, C. C. C.
Jan. 16, IS-17. -Il.t-tit. pr, adv. -3 25.
PRINTS ONLY.
SPRING STYLES,
1847.
44 CEDAR STREET,
9
ISEW YORK.
Reg Lave to inform Dealers in Dry Goods, that
thev have r-ceived, and are now cxhibiiin" at
THE WAREHOUSE EXCLUSIVELY lor
PRIM TED CALICOES,
500 Cases.
Comprising all the
New Spring Styles,
OT British, French and .'linericon JWamiJacture
which, in ADDITION to their usual stolk, ren
ders their assoitment one of i he most beautiful anc"
attractive in the city ; ami having just been pur-
tnaseit tor
CASH AND SHORT CREDIT,
Are offered by the piece or package on the 4iie
trrwu, at and below manufacturers prices.
Catalogues of prices (corrected daily) are placed
in the hands of buyers.
Purchasers will inform themselves of the state
of the markrt. and be well repaid for an examina
tion, ev in if tin y do not puichase.
L- & B. have peculiar advantages for executing
orders for prints, which are respectfully solicited.
LEE & BREWSTER,
44 Cedar Street.
New York, Jan. 'J, 1S47. . 3S0-,y.
TURPENTINE &. TIMBER LAND
FOR SALE.
8000 Acrts superior Land for Turpen-
tine, Tar and Timber, on Big Rock fish and Puppy
Creek, twelve to fifteen miles sm.th of tliis place.
O.i the premise are two or three good Mill sites.
Halls can go down either stream, the most of the
yar. There ha? been no timber cut on these
lands. A distjlleiy could be put Up to great ad
vantage. Turpentine Is made a short distance
olT, which ihe makers would be pleased to have a
home market for. To a pnrcbas -r for the whole
raet, a sreat bargain would be piven ; say about
one half its value. A'-xo se veral small paicelsof
land near this place. JNO. W.XDDILL, Jr.
TiJOS. S.LUTTEULOll.
Favctteville, Jan. t, 1847. 41 I -1 r.
STFOR SALE.
I WISH to ell my land lying on B13 Uockfish,
b-ing about 2'MMI acres .t rood turpentine land,
with a good stream (or carrying It to market, navi
irableat any time while there is w;it r eiiou'b for
boats to rim b'-tween Favctteville and Wilming
ton. Title indisputable.
ALEXANDER WILLIAMS.
July 12, 1845. 333-tf.
JOHN 0. DYE
R( s t ctfulU informs bis friends and the public that
he has opened a store of
NEW GOODS,
on Hay street, in one of the MtArn buildings,
where lie will sell articles in his line as reasonable
as an v other store. He would be glad to see his
IV e ls from the countiy, who are in want nfDR.Y'
GOOD. GROCERIES, Hats, Shoes, &e. &c.
He w ill pay the highest market pi ices for coun
try produce.
JA-.u 23, :S47. 4l4-3t.
C 0 U N T Y CRjTORS
All porso'is having demands against the county
of Ciitnb rlaml, are r quested to lis them w ith
John AleL.aurm, Et-q., Cbik of County Cou rt, and
clerk of the Committee of Finance, on or before
the 1st day of February next j and all public of
ficers, r ceiv rs o! pub'ic monies lor the county of
Cumberland, are requested to have their respective
accounts r- ady to settle w ilh the Committee on
same da-, a- required bv law.
GUR DON DELING, ) r
DANIEL AUDIARMID f C ",,n't,ee
D A VI D M cN El LL, S f "tC
Jan 23, IS 17. 414-21.
Observ r copy.
s. Would
the citi
y. and the
Would respectfully inform
itizens ol raycttevil.e
public eonera!v,that
k . i-rr . I . .. 1 . . . i . . i . . . . . i
-VSS "S-i -J l.. t T
;-i;f - " gifts nc nus t.iKru ine siiioo re
Clark, on Gilbspie Street,
; .- w-..,.-;. .,r ti... VI-. ri.. ,.i
Square, where be will man
... - otaetnre and keep constantly
on band an assortment of
'1 L AND SHEET IRON WAb'E.
Persons wi-hing to purchase w ould do well to
call and examine bis stock before urchstsing' ei-e
w here, iis he is d tt t m i n d to sell as cheap as a ny
other mantilaet ui er in the Sta'e.
I'ooking Stoves of various patterns
always on hand, and sold low for cash.
Jali'v 1), 18 ;. 4 I 2-v.
Wliolcsomc ami Economical
Food for Hordes, Cuttle, &c,
PREPARED BY KNOWLTOX'S PATENT.
THE above named Patent may be obtained by
null owners in the counties of Uladen, Robf-son,
and Cumin rland, by applying to the subscriber,
if desired, a competent p rson will be sent to ap
p'y it- The op- iatinii of the Patent for grinding
corn in the shtuk may be seen at Russell's Mill
in this f Iaee. M. RUSSELL-
Favctteville, Jan. 23, 1S47. 414-31.
ICZJ Att nt o i is particulail v called to the sub
joined statement of tl. Eliiott, Esq.
Cumberland county, Dee. 29, 1316.
Rev daud D- ar Sir : 1 have now tried Knowi?
ton's pi it ii lor ii lding e;irs o! corn twelve months,
and during tha lime hav: particularly noticed ttie
tlb cts of tiie food on my horses and and ctlle, and
cii u say i ha t it has undoubtedly afforded me the
best fbd 1 have ever used. My horses have done
".ood service, ko t in fine older, and been more
healthy than I ever hal them before, and that, too,
with a small pm t ion more than two-thirds of the
grain the same number ol ears of corn w ould have
product d. TYere are vaiioiis opinions of the
quau ityofcom saved by crushing tho ear. I
have then-fore been pai litu'iir in testing it in every
pos.-ihle niauner.and am now convinced that there
is lie.' same nut rinieut hi 7 ears of corn with the
shuck that there is in III film the e.r; In sil-s a
large additi n ol food to distend th 'ftom leh, assist
di eestion, and counteract the excess ol heatthat
m ould b. produced by an ulditlon;;! tpiantityof
eram. I lie mill rock to w hich you applied the
impiovemenl is lin liuht, ;ind has not sntiieient
w eight id Wiiter to crush well , ho rock bi inn only
3 le t in diameter and averain2 otl y 13 inches
in thickness, ami never liam more than G feet
water o i the trunk ; but w ith a slight improve ment
ti your plan of di essjng (that y ou have be-'n ap
prised of ant! are at liberty to use,) my mil! has
ground 7 bushels of sheUed corn into exccllenl
meal in one hour, IS bushels of ears of corn with
the shuck, or 24 bushels without the sdiuck , in one
hoi:r. I fi.tted a part of my hogs last year on
crushed corn without the shuck , groind coarse and
boiled, anu was so well pleased with it, that I ex
pect to feed the whole of my hogs n it this win
ter. I am now building a mill at my r'antatinn, for
which 1 want the patent and a lunnel lor a rock
IS inches thick. I expect to tee you as soon as
icy health will permu.
Very tcspectfullv.
HENRY ELLIOT.
Rev'd M. RusseH
Tito Annii.il Mnelinf of th'- Robeson County
Rittle Socio v will be held at Philadelpbus on the
Saturday before ihe second Sabbath in Alan h next
lith dav. Sermon bv Rev. Mr Nash. Auxiliaries
are rrqucsttd to have thoir Dt legates in punctual
at tendance
WM. II. DROWN, Rce'gStc'y.
Jan.23.IS47. 4l4-3t.
NEW BOOKS,
STATIOXEIIT, .c.
R. W. HARD IE
ard works School Books, &c., w5th s,a,lo,;c d
hnrv nrtieita J
January 23, 1817.
"tt IS
FAYETTEVILLE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 30: 1S47.
MEXICAN OUTRAGES,
Which, led to the "VATar.
From the Washington Union.
A delailed statement of the outrage per
petrated by the Mexican acthorities upon the
persons and propeily of citizens of the United
Stales! during the period from 1SI7 t 1S45
inclusive, H mode u fiom documents now
on lile in ihe Dcpiirtm cut of Siale. Thtise
of the cases occurring prior to December 2d,
1837, will be found in a le:ier of ihe Hon.
John Forsyth, Secretary of Slate. lo the Pre
sident, which was published with ihe anuual
message of that year. Of these cases em
braced in ihe letter of IVlr Forsyth, being 57
in number, we give the following as .ipeci
meris of ihe re.t :
xo. 9. Prig Cato. This vessel was
boarded nt Alvarado on the 2Glh August, 1S24,
by some 20 men, who rilled her of jj2,70l
in specie, and of numerous olher atlicles.
Alter threatening ihe life of ihe captain and
wounding two of the crew, ihey sel the vessel
ndtil'l by coiling her chain cables, which, with
ihe anchor, were lost. The claim in thid
case is for $5,544."
"No. 13. lirig Delight, of Philadelphia
A Double Claim. This vessel iu March,
1835, touched at Sau Jla?, where ihe officers
of ihe custom house compelled ihe convey
ance of her cargo over a mile to the custom
house stores, and its reshipment. The dam
age tolheowners was estimated at $3,716 48.
The same vessel entered Ihe pott of Sisal in
Seplembcr of ihe same year, where he was
seized by the collector with an armed force,
purl of her cargo forced on shore, her hatches
broken open, and ihe cargo taken lo ths cus
tom house. Estimate of damages arising
fiom the condemnation aud stile of the cargo,
&c. 15,692 50. The Mexican secretary
of Ihe Ireasuiy has assured Mr Poinsett that
an order had been given to release Ihe vessel
and cargo. Mr Poinsett pronounced (his
tuie of ihe most flagrant and unjustifiable
violations of ihe propeily of Aweiicun citizens
riii record.
" io. 14. Schooner Fair American, of
IJiiltimore. This vessel arrived at Refugio
Jan. 4ih, 1826; was admitted to entry, landed
her cargo under permit, aud iu part removed
it lo town, when the whole was seized by the
Mexican authoiiiies, and confiscated and
sold. 'J he Mexican cousul at Baltimore af
terwards requested of his tovernmcnt lhat Ihe
property might be restored and ihe owner in
demnified. Mr Wilson's claim for damages
is $50,225 21, Iho justice of which was un
derstood to be acknowledged by the Mexican
government. To the demand of the Ameri
can miuisler for damages in this case, the
Mexican government made evasive replies,
and made no answer to his last note on the
subject.''
' JNo. 27. John Laid win, an American
citizen, complains of gross aud outrageous
treatment at ihe hands of the alcalde in Mino
litlau in Goa.cualco. He asset ts lhat the al
calde was iuteresled in a suit which was
brought against him by one of his creatures.
Some altercation occuuiug at the proceedings
before the alcalde, he was, ordered to ihe
Mocks. lie refused to submit, aud iu at
tempting to escape was shot at, and severely
injured by a (all. He was captured, made to
stand in the stocks, aud afterwards imprison
ed. The Mexican government were inform
ed subsequently lhat the United States gov
ernment 4 would regard this a national ques
tion.' The reply of the Mexican executive
was, that it was a matter of judicial investiga
tion, ccc.
"No. 2S. Schoouer Topaz. The master
of this vessel contracted, in 1S32, to transmit
150 Mexican soldiers fiom Matarnoros lo
Galveston. During the passage the master
and mule weie killed by the Mexican officers,
aud the crew were (orced to run the vessel in
to Atiahuac. Here they were imprisoned mi
a charge of killing their captain aud ir.ate,
and attempts were made by Ihe officers above
mentioned to make them confess to lhal
crime. They were at last liberated on their
aieemetit to be bound lo the olfieer6 to serve
them three years. One of them subsequently
escaped to ihe Uniied Slates, aud testified lo
the facts above slated. He states that the
Mexican officers divided ihe captain's mouey
between 'hem. He think he hud 3,000 or
4,000 dollais."
" Nit. 4(1 The schooner Ilaniet Fliy.a-
beth was stranded near Matagorda, in 1835.
While in this situation she was lited upou by
a Mexicau schooner, and her captain, crew,
and passengers catried to Matarnoros and
imprisoned. Reparation was demanded by
Mr Ellis, in 183G, bui has never been given
by iho Mexican government."
"No. 42 The brig Jane and four other
vessels were detained at Matarnoros iu 1836,
contrary lo express treaty stipulations, aud
when reparation was demanded, the excuse
rendered tor the outrage was, lhat certain hos
tile vessels were cruising iu those waters, and
that the orders by which Ihe Jane, &c, were
detained were without authority, from ihe su
preme goferumeut. No reparation was, hw
,ever, giatiled."
" No. 43. In 1836 tho brig Kclipse was
seized at Tabasco, (on what grouud does uot
appear,) her crew insulted and malticated, aud
her captain impiisoued. Amount claimed for
the seizure of this vessel, $9,157.
No 44. Mr Coleman, actios consul of
Ihe United States at Tabasco, was summoned
before the authorities i;i 1S36: aud publicly
insulted and ill-treated, because he refused to
legalize certain docurreuts,the result of which
would be to defraud.
" No. 45. The schooner Aurora wa
stranded on the coast of Mexico iu 1836.
A patt ol the cargo was landed by the crew,
when it was immediately taken possession of
by an armed body of Mexicans. Ou the
crew remonstrating against these proceedings
ihey were insulted, maltreated, and the mate
seriously injured. Thereupon, the crew pro
ceeded lo Tabasco, and delivered the goods
over to our consul at that place, who, on lak
iug possession thereof, found lhat over one
half had been plundered.''
"N. 47. It was proposed to sell the brig
Fouith of July lo ihe Mexican government ;
but while Ihe negoli jtiou was noinc ou, she
was takeu possession of by the Mexican au
thorities and the Mexican flag hoisted. Mr
Ellis, then our minister in Mexico, demanded
the release of iho vessel, to which demand no
answer had been returned."
"No. 49 In 1836, William Hallell and
Zalmon Hall, citizens of the United Slates,
were arrested in ihe stieets of Matarnoros by
an armed force, who struck one of them on
the face, and took both to ihe principal bar
rack. Here they were confined, while a guard
was placed al the door of ihe hou.e of the
American cousul lo prevent his interference
in the matler. The house was searched for
ihe consul himself, and much of his property
was stolen."
"No. 51. The American cilizens at
Tampico having requested lhat a maii-of-war
might be sent for iheii protection, Lieut. Os
borne, with a boat's crew from the revenue
cutter Jefferson, proceeded there, whea ho
was arrested by the authorities, carried off,
and examined. On his return, he learned
that his crew had also been arrested, iud held
for a longtime in confinement. Gomez, who
committed these outrages, was removed there
for by the supreme Government, but was sub
sequently appointed commaudaut at Vera
Cruz'
"No. 53 The schooner Wm. A. Turner,
of which Jas. O'Flaherty was master, was
seized ofFSisal, in 1834, by an armed Mex
ican force. The vessel was released after
Capt. O'F. had given bonds for her value.
In 1836, his vessel was again seized, himself
confined, liberated, aud, . after entering into
bonds for $1,200, his vessel released. Soon
after, the vessel was agaiti - seized, and the
eaptaiu confined in the cabin, from whence
he was sent as a prisoner to Tabasco. Ft om
this place, where he had been confined iu Ihe.
public prison, he was conveyed, si ill as a
prisoner, to Campeachy, and cast a second
time into confinement.
"Capt. O'F. is eutirely ignorant of the
cause of these repeated indignities, and at uo
time has any charge been preferred against
him.
"He claims, for the loss of properly, 1S,
0G0 dollars."
It was in reference to fifiy-seven cases of
outrages like these, as ascertained and stated
iu the letter of Mr Forsyth, that Gen. Jack
son, in 1S37, in his message, used the fol
lowing remarkable and emphatic language:
"That the length of lime since some of the
injuries have been committed, the repealed
and unavailing applications for redress, the
wanton character of some of the outrages upon
the property and persons of our citizens, upon
the officers and jlag of the United States, in
dependent of recent insults to this govern
ment and people by the late extraordinary
Mexican minister, WOULD JUSTIFY.
Z.Y THE EYES OF ALL M1TIO.VS,
IMMEDIATE IVJM."
Hut the whole extent and enormity of Mex
ican insult and outrage, had not then become
known to the government of the U. States.
Twelve additional cases occurring prior to
December, 1S37, were afterwards made
known. From these we select the two fol
lowing instances of the imprisonment aud
murder of American cilizens :
"No. G7. .Mary Hughes, tcidoic of Geo.
Hughes, master of the brig John,'' of JV. Y.
Ihe biig 'John,' lying at anchor in the
river Tabasco in lS3:?,'was boarded and cap
tured by ati armed force, on a pretext altogeth
er unfounded. Capt. Hughes was knocked
down, cruelly beaten with the but of the
muskets of the boarding party, carried offand
imprisoned, and the cargo and stores o( ihe
vessel plundered. Capt Hughes subsequently
died from the wounds received on this occa
sion. " Mary Hughes claims reparation therefor.
"No. 68. James Cochrane, engineer of
the sieamer Hidalgo, was impressed into the
Mexican service together with ihe boat, in
1832 cruelly & iguomiutiously Healed, and
compelled to do duly as engineer for two
mouths. He claims reparation for the break
ing up of his business, and for false imprison
ment." Thus it appears lhat sixty-nine iustauccs
of atrocity like these, constituted the case of
the U. Stales against Mexico, as asceitained
iu public documents, prior to 2d December,
1S37. Since that time, this shameful cata
logue of Mexicau wrong- loing, violence, and
insult, has extended lo twenty-six additional
cases, ll will be remarked lhat. of these lat
ter cases, a very large proportion are cases
of wanton cruelly aud violence perpe'raled
upon the persons of American cilizeos. The
following aie instances of whal we assert :
No 70 Claim of Samuel BalJicin.
Mr B , a citizen of Ihe United State-, settled
in Mexico some years since, and had acquir
ed considerable propeily. Ou the most ff jvol
ous pretext, he was seizpd anil thrown into
the public piisou with the vilest crimiuaU.
While ihce, additional charges were fabricat
ed agaiust him ; be wai loaded wilh irons,
poison was given him in his coffee, and he
endured the most unparalleled sufferings from
tho brutal treatment of one Gomez, bis jailor.
From Aeayuacan, where these batb-uiiies
were committed, Mr B. was sent to Vera
Cruz, aud cast into e wet and filthy jiil iii
the caslle of San Juan de Ulloa. On hi
journey, which was ierforincd on a jacku-,
he was compelled to support ihe heavy burden
of his ch iin, from which resulted an incur
able lameness. For these unparalleled out
rages no rcdies has been received from ihe
Mexican government.
" No. 71. C7iifM of lfenry B Hoi ton,
IValler IV Adam, and James Kelly. Ihe
claimants, seamen on board the American
barque Roger W illiams,' having been paid
ofl" and discharged . at Monterey, California,
in 1S40, were wailing for an oppo'tunity to
return home, when they, together with other
American, were seized aud conducted to
prison. They obtained their release, but
were a secoud time arrested, robbed, and
cast into jail, uo cause for their commitment
ever having been assigned.
"No. 72. - Claim of IVilliatn Lard Elhcr
idge Thompson. Thompson, an American
seamen, was wrecked near- Sau Il-is in 1838
In 1840, he was twice arrested aud thrown
into prison no cause whatever being as
signed for his dcleution in either case. After
suffering the most cruel treatment, he wa3 ie
leased ; but found, on his return to the farm
where he had labored since his shipwreck in
1838, that all his property had been takeu
Irom him. No redress has ever been grauted
by the Mexican government.",
"No. 74. Claims of Isaac Graham, JFiii
Church, J L Majors, (J has Brown, ir others.
These America us, with six others, were
seized in California, where ihey were en
gaged in business, iu April, IS 10, by the
Mexican authorities, without any ju-l cause
or provocation, and thrown into prison. From
ihcir memorial to the Department of Slate, it
appears that they received ihe most barbarous
treatmeut. After being conveyed from one
place to another in the lower hold of vessels
and iti chains six being confined lo one bar
of iron ihey were finally set al liberty in tile
city of Tepee, without any reason being as
signed by the Mexican government lor its
outrageous proceeding agaiust them. It also
appears lhat at (he time of his arrest, the house
of Mr Graham was surrounded, fired into,
and $36,000 in specie plundered therefrom.
"No. 75. Claims of A. C. Bredatl, of
Jew Orleans. 1st: Ihe schooner Jjodi,
wiih a valuable cargo of lawful goods, both
belonging to Mr Bredall, sailed from New
Orleans in May, 1833, bound for Matarnoros
in Mexico. On her arrival there, without
any allegation of offence committed or con
templated, she was seized, her cargo lauded,
exposed, and pillaged. After a long deten
tion, ihe cargo and vessel were restored; but
the latter was so much injured by worms, and
her sails rigging, and stores so much damag
ed that she was obliged to be run on shore on
her passage back lo New Oilcans, iu oider
to sove ihe lives of Ihe passengers and crew.
A total loss of the vessel and cargo was tho
consequence.
"2d. In 1S43, Mr Bredall arrived at Vera
Cruz, wiih passports granted him by the Me,
ican consul at New Oi leans. He presented
them to the proper authorities, but was arrest
ed and imprisoned ou the charge of a design
upon the life of Gen. Santa Anna. During
his detention, he suffered the most wanton,
cruel, and humiliating indignities and priva
tions; and upon his release, ho reached New
Orleans in a helpless and shattered condition;
his constitution broken ; his hearing destroy
ed, aud sinking under a hopeless consump
tion. It is proper lo remark, that ihe BtitUh
minister demanded aud obtained liberal dam
ages on behalf of three British subject who
where imprisoned with Mr Biedall."
"No. 81. Claim of Captain Jonas P.
Levy. s. In 1843, the store of the claim
ant wiih all its contents was forcibly taken
possession of with the connivance of ihe pub
lic authorities, and never returned. Amount
of property l ist, $G,S46 02. Reparation has
been refused from the commission of the out
rage to the present time.
" 2d. The claim is for illegal duties ex
torted from Capt. Levy by the collector of iho
port of Laguna in 1843, under false pretences,
amounting to $513 86
"3d. The third claim is for goods belong
ing to the claimant and his brother, thrown
overboard by the captain of ihe steamboat
Petrita, amounting lo 7,483 25, for which
relief has been denied by tho Mexican gov
ernment. "4th. Captain L. also claims reparation
for being imprisoned after the commence
ment of hostilities between the United Slate
and Mexico, iu direct violation of ihe treaty,
providing for the occurrence of such an eveut,
uod for being compelled lo leave Mexico,
without lime to arrange his business, also iu
violation of treaty stipulations.'
The character of these Mexicau outrages,
being ninety-five in ail, is well summed op in
h teller addressed by Mr Forgyth, of Slate,
to the Mexicau Miuister of Foreign A flairs,
under dale of May 27th, 1S37. In that letter
M r For s i th says :
" These wrong" ae of a character which
cannot be tolerated by any goverument imbu
ed wih a just self-respect, with a proper re
gaid for the opinions of olher nations, or wilh
an enlightened concern for permanent wel
fare of those portions of its people who may
be iuteiosted iu foreigu commerce. Treasure
belooging lo citizens of the United States
has beeu seized by Mexican ('(Tracers, in its
transit from ihe capital to the roal. Vessels
of the Uuited Slates have been captured, de
tained, and condemned upon the most frivo
lous pretext. Duties have been exacted from
others, notoriously against law, or without law.
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Oihers hive been employed, nud In snmrf
instance ruined, iu ihe Mexican service
w iihonl compensation io iho owners. Cti
zens of the United Stales have been iftiprls
"lied for lon periods of lime, without being
informed of ihe offences wiih which Ihey wcrfi
hartd. Oihers have been murdered utid
robbed by Mexican flu cts, on ihe high ea.,
without any attempt lo bring ihe guilty to jil
lice."
This career of Mexican violence aud pe
tidy continued through successive .etts of
our international relulions with lhal country,
which lend t it new fcatuie of aggravation.
Ouo portion of these robberies was committed
upou us in ihe very year iu which we took
Ihe lead among j nations in acknowledging,
iho independence of Mexico, nud in pruciir
ing iu acknowledgment from England A
iioiher p inion ol lhee crimes Has committed
against us just afler our trculy of amity com
incit e, nud navigation hud been concluded
with Mexico, in 1S31. The same courso
of violence and wrong-doing against Us wn?i
kept op through Ihe year 1837, ia which our
government i ejected the first ovcrluio of Tea
as towards Annexation. Aud, finally, the
whole of these outrages, occurring, as they
did, before iho act of Annexation was con
summated, constituted, so to speak, tho broad
basis of wrong. doing and iusiili extended
through nearly thirty years, and wholly un
atoned for upon which Mexico seems lo
have shaped her conduct toward IN iu relation
to the at! of Annexation.
Dinner in Cincinnati. A splendid en
tertainment was lately given in Cincinnati In
Col. Mitchell, aud Adjutant Armstrong of
Onio, who were wounded a! ihe battle of
Motiierey. Col. M. was formerly n niembcf
of the Cincinnati bar, aud h great number of
his brother lawyers were present al the festival.
One of them, Beuj. B. Kesseiiden, Esq, btf
iug called out, said :
"Mr President: The sentiinenta whiff)
h ive been hitherto offered are altogether of ti
military chaiacler. And as our company Jr)
lo sueh an extent composed of law and wnf,
aud one of otir guests represents ihe two pre
fessioii in his own individual peison, I pttt
pose lo mix law aud war a little together. Tb
representatives of both professions are deslr
ous for actions, and are equally good at tt
charge. They decido their actions in Iba
field, aud we '"go to the country."
But wc always come out of our actions snf
and better thau wheu wc went in indeed it
is the lamest lawyer who has been engaged
iu the fewest Hciioiis. Those ng-aiiisl whom
we '-barge are always sure lo be the sufferers
And wheu n "go ro the country," we are al
ways " in town."
The manner iu which We report our ae
tious is however different, and the miltiaiy
accounts of ihe late most honorable victory,
which occupy so in.iny columns of the tuws
papeis, would iu legal form occupy very
shoit space. I give you a legal report of
' Iho Battle of Mouteicy J"
Uiiiu-d Slates' Regulars cud Volunteers
versus City f Monleiey.
This was an action on the case, to recover
damages for breach of tieaty coutiact. De
claratioii, first count, special, reciting con
tract, bieach, fee, to which were added iht:
'wioncy" counts. Defendant pleads in Unr,
Mexican batteries and fortresses." Plain
tiffs reply Anglo-Saxon pluck and re-solution
upou this issue taken, aud cause submitted
Taylor and Worth for Plaintiffs.
Auipudia for Defendant.
The rrau.se was argued ou both sides wilh
great force and considerable feeling, but tho
arguments of Pl.ii lit ills' derived fiom and
based upon maxims and principles ol iho
canon law, which were made to bear upon tns
case, were peculiarly eouviucing.
Court find for Plaintiffs on Ihe issue madf,
"Thai Mexican batteries are no bar to Anglo
Saxon pluck aud resolution." Judgment for
Plaintiffs. By consent of parties, tay ofc.
ccutiou eutered for eight weeks.
A Predicament. Il is most provoking
to have an iucideut occur in church, when
everything bears so serious and earnest au
aspect, at which you are Unable to restrain
yourself from laughter. On a recent Sunday,
while seated iu church, my eye fell op m a
gentlemen in one of the body pews, who, at
intervals, impatiently biushed what he evident
ly considered to be a fly from the .-ide of hi
head, which however, was but his dichc
string, slicking up behind his ear, and Iroub
led him excessively. Ho repealed his effort;
to rid himself of the vexation animal a num
ber of i i. Ties, until at length losing all patience,
he made a desperate attempt to catch ir, nud
snatching hold of the string, brought it, dickey
and all, right before hi eye- ! The heep
ish glance which be cast around upon the
congregation, as he jammed il into his pocket
stirred op my risibilities beyond al) control,
and I assure you I lost the em ire benefit of
that foreuoou's sermon.
A newly married man. writim? to a ftinf.
ihus describes his wife: She has a smnM
mouth, a plump, preliy lace, lively eyes, and
a lemper wnew: as explosive as gnu cotton!-"
SncE3 When Santa Auna ha mustered
his army of twenty five thousand men. we
1 M -V ...
unuerstand it is ueueral layloi's intention
lo pepper il.
The word devil, said a certain parson, fa::
moan, anv way you can take it. Remov &
d, and it is evil, reverse the e. and it is vile,
romove the v, and it is il, aud the I alone has
the sound of hell. Beware than, of Iho devil
-he is as mean rascal